According to an economist, increasing the minimum wage for workers now could be "tricky," as it depends on living costs and the economy's recovery, which was slowed by the pandemic.

Deputy HR Minister Datuk Awang Hashim said that the report on the minimum wage review would be completed by the end of 2021 and presented its study by early 2022.

Malaysia is experiencing higher-than-usual turnover rates mainly due to employees' dissatisfaction with wages and benefits, and a lack of career progression opportunities.

The National Wage Legislative Technical Committee (JTPGN) is investigating and refining all the findings from the minimum wage review.

The NSC allows Human Resources or Finance staff from the non-essential economic and service sectors to enter the workplace for the payroll process during the total lockdown period.

The Malaysian Employers Federation has appealed to the Prime Minister to delay the minimum wage review, which is due in February 2022.

Recently, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said that he would review the national minimum wage in his Labour Day speech.

Eight employees who were victims of their company's false claims for the wage subsidy program received their money of RM7,780 yesterday.

A state-owned institution has reinstated its employees' 50% salary cut. The college staff are now pleading to the Sabah state government to step in and assist. 

The Industrial Court awarded a probationer RM43,200 in back wages for constructive dismissal as the employer, a transport services company, did not pay his salary.